High school football roundup: Mandarin, Raines, St. Augustine, Fletcher win
Northeast Florida's high school football season enters Week 7 with a full slate of games across the Jacksonville area. Among the top games on the list are St. Augustine's trip to Nease, a St. Johns County rivalry that's close to four decades old and includes several of the most productive receivers in the area; Bradford at Oakleaf, matching the Tornadoes' award-winning defense against a young Knights offense with a powerful offensive line; and First Coast at Raines, a Gateway Conference clash between the Buccaneers' multi-pronged passing attack and an athletic Vikings secondary that's among the best overall in the region.
ST. AUGUSTINE 49, NEASE 30
Senior running back Devonte Lyons rushed for four touchdowns and the Yellow Jackets (6-0) stayed perfect in a wild win at Nease (4-3). … Maddox Spencer caught three touchdowns for the Panthers. … Wake Forest-committed junior Locklan Hewlett, back at quarterback for St. Augustine after three games out, threw touchdowns to Carl Jenkins Jr., Trenton Jones and Myles Simmons.
MANDARIN 49, WESTSIDE 6
Alabama-committed receiver Jaime Ffrench scored two early touchdowns and the Mustangs (5-2) halted their two-game losing run with a rout at Westside (0-7). ... Tiant Wyche rushed for a pair of scores for Mandarin. ... Tramell Jones also connected with sophomore Ethan Sherman on a Mandarin score.
COLUMBIA 35, BOLLES 31
Sophomore Jonathan Andrews rushed for the game-winning touchdown in the final two minutes, helping the injury-depleted Tigers stun Bolles (3-4) in Lake City. … Andrews ran for three scores and Cade Frier caught a touchdown pass for Columbia (2-4). … Naeem Burroughs made a TD reception for Bolles (3-4), whose three-game winning streak halted.
RAINES 27, FIRST COAST 26
Johnathan Downer-Barrett booted the deciding point-after and Raines won by three or fewer points for the third consecutive week, holding off visiting First Coast (2-4). … Jaylen Clark sacked Rodney Tisdale Jr. to clinch the Vikings' win. ... LeShan Evans and Thomas Jackson scored touchdowns for the Bucs, and Jackson also made an interception on defense. ... Mark Miller scored a touchdown for Raines (5-1), which plays Oct. 14 against Ribault in the Northwest Classic.
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BRADFORD 12, OAKLEAF 0
The Tornadoes (6-0) forced three turnovers and added another shutout to their tally, this one against Class 4S Oakleaf (2-3). ... Chalil Cummings scored on a Dae'Jon Shanks pass before halftime for Bradford, which has allowed 57 points in its last 16 regular season games. ... Willie Pollard also ran for a score before leaving due to a finger injury.
SUWANNEE 49, ALACHUA SANTA FE 7
Kodi Lang scored rushing and passing touchdowns and the Bulldogs (6-0) stayed perfect with 49 first-half points to romp past Santa Fe (0-7). ... Suwannee also forced a safety before halftime.
FLETCHER 20, WHITE 19
Fletcher scored the game-winning two-point conversion with about a minute to go, moments after Anthony Vaglienti caught a touchdown pass from Marcelis Tate, as the Senators (5-2) won a nail-biter at Jack Taylor Stadium. … Diondre Smith's touchdown reception helped bring Fletcher back for a fifth straight win. ... Tony Williams rushed for a score for White (4-3) and Joshua Patterson caught a Jaylen Pettway pass for a 19-6 Commander lead.
YULEE 12, BALDWIN 7
L.J. Jacobs intercepted a fourth-quarter pass to wrap up a District 5-2S win for the Hornets over visiting Baldwin (3-3, 0-2). … Tyson Wharton caught a Nikao Smith pass and Shamarion Gibbs also ran for a score for Yulee (5-1, 2-0). … Baldwin threatened to rally on a Christian Velvet TD.
JACKSON 23, SANDALWOOD 8
King Johnson's touchdown strikes to Sylvester Miller, one in each half, lifted the Tigers (3-3) into a lead that lasted at Sandalwood (0-6). … Antwan Hart added a second-half score.
FERNANDINA BEACH 33, PAXON 20
Ian Miller passed for three touchdowns and the Pirates (3-3) pulled away for a non-district win at Paxon (3-3). ... D'ante Simms scored both running and receiving for Fernandina Beach and Kyle Jones made several catches to extend Pirate drives.
ENGLEWOOD 40, EPISCOPAL 27
Freshman Ty Keister threw late touchdown passes to Kevon Roulhac and Tayshaun Solomon as the Rams (4-2) came from behind. … Episcopal (3-3) had taken a second-half lead on Cole Pennington's pick-six. … Solomon also returned the opening kick for a score and caught an early Keister touchdown throw.
WOLFSON 27, STANTON 26 (OT)
The extra point proved decisive as the Wolfpack (3-3) won in OT. … Stanton (0-6) scored first in overtime on Alex Lee's TD, but failed in their conversion attempt. ... Wolfson's Brady Nelson rushed for one touchdown and threw for two in regulation.
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TOCOI CREEK 34, MENENDEZ 13
Carson Collins made five sacks and the Toros (4-3) stampeded back from an early 13-point deficit to beat visiting Menendez (2-5) in a St. Johns County battle. … Ryan Killmer passed for four touchdowns, two each to Julio Santiago and Jevon Welch. … Welch also ran for a touchdown.
MIDDLEBURG 35, CLAY 33
Landon Nalepa ran for the go-ahead score, his third touchdown of the game, and the Broncos (3-3) roared back from a 26-point deficit to stun Clay (4-2) in Green Cove Springs. ... Jaydan Jenkins passed for a touchdown and rushed for another to key the Middleburg comeback. ... Clay missed a last-second field goal attempt.
LAKE MINNEOLA 56, FLEMING ISLAND 20
Dane Thompkins rushed for four touchdowns as visiting Lake Minneola won at Fleming Island (2-4). … Jason Wiggins also scored on a fumble return for Lake Minneola (3-3).
UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN 35, NFEI 0
Luke Thomas returned an interception for a touchdown and Mekhi Ellis took a blocked punt all the way as University Christian (4-2, 1-1) scored in all three phases, bouncing back in District 1-1M with a decisive win at NFEI (1-6, 0-3). … Alan Woods rushed for two more UC touchdowns. … Dwayne Stuckey also ran for a score.
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BAKER COUNTY 37, QUINCY MUNROE 13
Ke'nais Williams ran for two touchdowns and the Wildcats unleashed 30 points without reply to down Munroe (1-5). … Case Foster scored a second-half fumble return for Baker County (3-3), and Makhai Mosley also found the end zone.
PALATKA 58, BROOKSVILLE CENTRAL 0
Two first-quarter touchdowns from K.J. Wright started the Panthers (5-1) on the road to a rout at Brooksville Central (1-5). … Sophomore quarterback Tommy Offord also scored for Palatka and Cartaveon Valentine added a pair of long touchdowns.
KEYSTONE HEIGHTS 31, CRESCENT CITY 28
Tyler Sapp's 20-yard field goal as time expired boosted Keystone over visiting Crescent City (2-3). … After Cartez Daniels' TD run tied the game, Keystone (3-3) recovered an onside kick. … Jaden Goodman scored off a blocked kick return for the first Keystone points, and Baylor Ford threw two touchdowns to Darrion Grady and Wyatt Van Zant.
CHRIST'S CHURCH 19, IMPACT CHRISTIAN 14
The Eagles (5-1) handed host Impact Christian (5-1) their first loss in Sunshine State Athletic Conference action.
Around the area
Early turnovers sank Atlantic Coast (3-3) in a 28-7 defeat to Spruce Creek (5-2). ... Victor White returned a fumble for a touchdown, Adrian Curtis threw for four touchdowns and Gainesville Eastside (4-2) dominated on defense, 36-0 over Ridgeview (1-5). … West Nassau (2-5) won 22-14 at P.K. Yonge (3-3). … Trenton Klein passed for two touchdowns and ran for another to lead Union County (3-2) in a 57-0 shutout of TDH Academy (1-4). … Dakota Fisher's punt return touchdown provided the exclamation point as Fort White (5-1) won 35-0 at Mayo Lafayette (4-2). … St. Joseph (2-4) rolled 48-0 in afternoon action at Duval Charter (0-4). … Bishop Snyder (3-3) returned to .500, 45-0 at Gainesville St. Francis (0-5). … Eagle's View (3-3) had too much offense in a 69-0 shutout of visiting Cedar Creek Christian (0-6). ... In a battle of the Z's, Zephyrhills Christian (5-2) won 32-30 over visiting Zarephath Academy (3-4).
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